years ago, the u.s. and its allies dropped the most extensive sanctions and trade restrictions in history on moscow. and continue to drop them as vladimir putin s aggression ramped up. the sanctions targeted russia s elites, its oil prices, its banks and its access to high-tech products and military gear. now, in response to the death of russian opposition leader alexei navalny, president biden has unleashed even more. america s largest one-day round of penalties since moscow s invasion. more than 500 sanctions targeting russia s finance and defense sectors. and those involved with navalny s death described by a state department official as crushing. but what exactly makes this time different? to the surprise of many, russia has been doing okay in the past two years. its economy grew by 3% last year. india, brazil and china are buying record quantities of record oil, so much so that moscow s monthly income from oil experts is greater than it was before the ukraine invasion, a
burnett. outfront the final count down. the first polls opening just hours from now. control of congress and president biden s agenda are on the line. already 41 million people have cast their ballots in early voting. that s a remarkable number. tomorrow at this time we ll be standing by for the first results. this is one of the most consequence midterm contests ever. candidates across the country are at this late hour making their final pitch to voters in these hours before election day polls themselves open. in pennsylvania, a state where three presidents have descended over the past two days, republican senate candidate mehmet oz and democrat john fetterman are about to hold duelling rally and in ohio, former president trump is about to take the stage for his senate pick. seven are toss-ups or slightly tilt republican or democrat and flip it over, we ll show you the house, 20 races in 14 states ares to are toss ups there, across from coast to coast. jeff zeleny is live
house is up for grabs every two years. and it s that time. ainsley: and there are a lot of early bird voters who are heading to the polls and we are hearing from candidates in many of the key races this morning including don bolduc, brian just interviewed him. we also heard from tudor dixon, she was on the first hour of this show. they joined us with their final pitches. i have held the hands of moms and dads wondering how they are going to put food on the table. we have a moral imperative to help granite staters in america so they re not choosing between eating and heating. we will bring back education. we will bring back safe communities and support our police officers and we will support businesses become a partner to businesses and bring back the american dream in the state of michigan. brian: she was fired up this morning. also this morning we are going to hear from senator marco rubio, there s his picture. congressman lee zeldin. dr. mehmet oz. sarah huckabee sa
senate, only five seats to win control of the house. i want you to watch nancy pelosi hand me that gavel. this morning the results of our final nbc news poll before the mid terms, and what it says about the gop s chances of taking complete power back on capitol hill. plus, democracy at risk. you can t love your country only when you win. president biden issues a dire warning about election deniers and the risk for our electoral system. will the warnings from democrats resonate with economically challenged swing voters in the final push before election day? and very soon i will very, very very probably do it again, okay? will former president trump announce his 2024 bid before we finish counting the 2022 vote, my guest, rick scott, the chair of the gop s arm, and shawn maloney, at the chair of the democratic are you ready to meet the press ? 75 years, from deck at a timers to civil rights leaders, we mark 75 years as the gination where newsmakers come
stretch. america reports is looking to a battleground matchup where stakes couldn t be higher. j.d. vance is neck and neck with his republican opponent. he join us live. judging from the opponent speaking this morning the tense political battle is about to hit a boiling point. try to dismiss j.d. as being an extremist weirdo which he is and everybody knows it. extremist weirdo? see how he responds in a closing race that could poachly tip the power out of democratic reports. welcome to america reports second hour. we will get to vance in a moment i m sandra smith in new york. we invited democrat tim ryan to join us any time. he s welcome on the program and hope he will come on to make his case after we hear from j.d. vance. he s been here before and can be here again. we begin the hour with breaking news. the hour at the white house the press secretary will face questions any minute 13 days from the midterm the president announcing plan to tackle inflation vowing to